Teddy Higuera

Higuera in 1991

Pitcher

Born: November 9, 1958 (age 58)
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

Batted: Both

Threw: Left

debut

April 23, 1985, for the Milwaukee Brewers

Last appearance

August 9, 1994, for the Milwaukee Brewers

Career statistics

Win–Loss record

94–64

Earned run average

3.61

Strikeouts

1,081

Teams

Milwaukee Brewers (1985–1991,1993–1994)

Career highlights and awards

All-Star (1986)

Member of the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame

Baseball Hall of Fame

Inducted

2011

Teodoro Higuera Valenzuela (born November 9, 1958) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for nine years (1985–1991 and 1993–1994) for the Milwaukee Brewers, at that time of the American League.

In 1983, the Brewers purchased his contract from Indios de Ciudad Juárez of the Mexican League. After one year in the minor leagues, Higuera earned a spot in the team's 1985 rotation after winning a competition with Japanese pitcher Yutaka Enatsu. In his first season with Milwaukee, he posted a 15–8 record with a 3.90 ERA en route to winning The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award in 1985.

1986 was one of Higuera's best seasons. He had his only 20-win season, going 20–11 with 207 strikeouts and a 2.79 ERA. It was the first 20-win season by a Mexican-born pitcher in the American League. That season, he was also selected for his only All-Star Game appearance. In the game, Fernando Valenzuela struck Higuera out in the fifth inning to tie Carl Hubbell's record with five consecutive strikeouts.

He followed up his 1986 campaign by winning 18 games in 1987 and setting team marks for strikeouts (240) and consecutive scoreless innings (32).

Over his first four years in the league, Higuera had a won loss record of 69–38, 766 strikeouts and a 3.25 ERA and was poised for greater success. However, he began to suffer injury problems that would limit his playing time.

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